(a) a product or device, whether or not it resembles a cigarette, containing a power source and heating element designed to vapourize an e-substance for inhalation or release into the air,

(b) a product or device prescribed by regulation similar in nature or use to a product or device described in clause (a); (« cigarette électronique »)

"e-substance" means a solid, liquid or gas

(a) that, on being heated, produces a vapour for use in an e-cigarette, regardless of whether the solid, liquid or gas contains nicotine, and

(b) that is not a controlled substance within the meaning of the Controlled Drugs and Substances Act (Canada); (« substance servant à vapoter »)

"use", in relation to an e-cigarette, means

(a) to vapourize an e-substance for inhalation or release into the air by means of an e-cigarette, or

(b) to have control of an e-cigarette in which an e-substance is being vapourized; (« vapoter »)

"vapour product" means any of the following:

(a) an e-cigarette,

(b) an e-substance,

(c) a cartridge for or a component of an e-cigarette; (« produit servant à vapoter »)

"vapour product shop" means, subject to any additional criteria specified in the regulations, premises where the predominant trade or business carried on is the sale or distribution of vapour products, and where the sale or distribution of other products is merely incidental. (« débit de produits servant à vapoter »)

4(1) Subsection 2(1) is amended in the part before clause (a) by striking out "in sections 3 to 5.1" and substituting "in section 3, 3.1, 4 or 5.1".

2(2) The proprietor of a place, area or vehicle where smoking or using an e-cigarette is prohibited under this Act must ensure that no person smokes or uses an e-cigarette in that place, area or vehicle.

4.1 The proprietor of a vapour product shop and his or her employees and customers may use e-cigarettes in a vapour product shop to test or sample a product for the purpose of sale of the product for use elsewhere, but only if the shop is fully enclosed by floor-to-ceiling walls, a ceiling and doors that separate it physically from any adjacent area in which the use of e-cigarettes is prohibited.

5 The proprietor of a place where smoking or e-cigarette use is permitted under this Act or the regulations must take reasonable steps to minimize the drifting of smoke or vapour, as the case may be, into areas of the premises where smoking or e-cigarette use is prohibited.

7.0.1(1) No person shall supply or offer to supply a vapour product to a child.

Defence of accused

7.0.1(2) In a prosecution or proceeding for a contravention of subsection (1), the accused has a defence if he or she can prove on a balance of probabilities that, before supplying or offering to supply the vapour product to the child, the accused attempted to verify that the child was at least 18 years of age by asking for and being shown documentation prescribed in the regulations for the purpose of verifying age, and reasonably believed that the documentation was authentic and that the person was at least 18 years of age.

Inference as conclusive evidence

7.0.1(3) In a prosecution or proceeding for a contravention of subsection (1), where a container or package gives rise to a reasonable inference that the contents of the container or package are a vapour product, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, the contents shall be conclusively deemed to be a vapour product.

7.3.1(1) Subsections (2) and (3) do not apply in relation to a place or premises for which the sale of vapour products is the major activity, if the place or premises is prescribed for the purpose of those subsections in the regulations.

Vapour products not to be displayed

7.3.1(2) No person shall display or permit to be displayed a vapour product such that it is visible to children in any place or premises in which vapour products are sold.

(d) inside a building or other structure or vehicle if the advertisement or promotion is visible from outside the building, structure or vehicle.

Product and price lists allowed

7.3.1(4) Notwithstanding subsection (3), a place or premises described in clause (3)(a) may have signage that lists the vapour products offered for sale and their prices, if the signage complies with the requirements specified in the regulations.

14 Subsection 8(2) is amended in the section heading and in the subsection by adding "or (1.1)" after "subsection 2(1)".

9(1.1) A regulation under subsection (1) may be general or particular in its application and may provide differently for different classes of persons, things, places, areas or activities, and to the whole or any part of the province.

26(2) Where a custodial facility, or a part of such a facility, is designated under subsection (1) either at all times or during specified periods, notices shall be posted in prominent places in the facility, or the part of it, as the case may be, indicating

(a) that the facility or part is an area where smoking or use of e-cigarettes is prohibited; and

(b) if the designation is effective only for specified periods, the periods during which smoking or use of e-cigarettes is not allowed in the facility or part.

(a) in the section heading, by adding "or e-cigarette use" after "Smoking"; and

(b) by striking out "or have lighted tobacco" and substituting ", have lighted tobacco or use an e-cigarette".

Consequential amendment, C.C.S.M. c. T2

18 Clause 10(2)(a) of The Tax Administration and Miscellaneous Taxes Actis amended by striking out "The Non-Smokers Health Protection Act" and substituting "The Non-Smokers Health Protection and Vapour Products Act".

Consequential amendments, C.C.S.M. c. T80

19 Subsection 4(2.1) of The Tobacco Tax Actis amended in the section heading and in the subsection by striking out "Non-Smokers Health Protection Act" and substituting "Non-Smokers Health Protection and Vapour Products Act".

Consequential amendment, C.C.S.M. c. W210

20 Clause 18(1)(c.1) of The Workplace Safety and Health Actis replaced with the following:

(c.1) respecting the prohibition of smoking and e-cigarette use at workplaces, including deeming a contravention of The Non-Smokers Health Protection and Vapour Products Act relating to workplaces to be a contravention of this Act for the purpose of issuing an improvement order under section 26;